Meabning of parade

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New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) A Delhi court has directed a retired school teacher to pay a compensation of Rs one lakh to a student for parading him naked for taking bath in a water tank in the school premises 12 years ago. Additional Sessions Judge Pratibha Rani ordered release of convict P C Gupta (65) on probation of good conduct for two years, allowing his appeal against one year jail term and a fine of Rs 2,500 awarded to him by a Metropolitan Magistrate.

Please tell me the meaning of "parading" in this context. Thanks in advance.
As far as I know "to parade" means to march around in a public place on a celebration

Avangi · Accepted Answer

In this case it's a transitive verb. That is, it's something you do to somebody or something. I suppose you could lead him on a rope, or just force him to go ahead of you.

Parading circus animals is another common usage.

We also have the expression, "I don't think you should parade your ignorance," or deliberately show it off in public.
If you insist on continuing with this argument, you'll only be parading your ignorance.

Andriy Lapin · Answer

Hello, User_gary,

Here are some definitions taken from Collins Cobuilt that, to a certain extent, apply to the question:

NB: 1. If prisoners are paraded through the streets of a town or on television, they are shown to the public, usually in order to make the people who are holding them seem more powerful or important:

Five leading fighter pilots have been captured and paraded before the media.

2. If you say that someone parades a person, you mean that they show that person to others only in order to gain some advantage for themselves:

Every day in this election campaign children have been paraded alongside the party leaders to publicise the latest issue.

Finally, parading somebody naked used to be a sort of punishment in the olden days.

Respecfully, Gleb Chebrikoff

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